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Togolese Refugees Flee Camp After Clashes With Villagers
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
rowds of Togolese refugees have fled the Lokossa camp in Benin after fierce clashes with local residents in which several people were hurt, some by gunfire, local officials told IRIN on ... more
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Ahead of Elections UN Sends More Peacekeepers to Troubled Katanga
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
he vanguard of a new contingent of United Nations peacekeepers has arrived in embattled Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to boost security for forthcoming elections that it is hoped will cement the vast country's transition from years of bloody conflict to peace and ... more
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Lagos-Benin Road Horror: Transport Business Drops By 50 Percent
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
evenue of transport companies operating on the Lagos-Ore-Benin Expressway has reduced by at least 50 per cent on account of the bad ... more
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Motorists Abandon Vehicles On Lagos-Benin Road
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, April 02, 2008
RAVELLERS from eastern part of the country, Benin and other parts of the South-South zone to the South-West, were stranded for several hours, Wednesday afternoon, on the Lagos-Benin road following a traffic jam caused by some vehicles that broke down at a notorious bad spots in ... more
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Sisters' Clinic a Big Boost to Maternal And Child Health
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 01, 2008
he Medical Missionary of Mary report about work at their clinic in this West African ... more
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Daniel charges Yorubaobas in Nigeria, diaspora
Topix - Monday, March 31, 2008
p> GOVERNOR Olugbenga Daniel has charged Yoruba traditional rulers in Nigeria and the Republic of Benin to use their common ancestry and history for the cultural and socio-economic advantage of the Yoruba people ... via Vanguard ... more
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Ganvie, Benin - The Venice Of Africa
Topix - Saturday, March 29, 2008
p> Ganvie is a lake village in Benin, lying in Lake NokouA©, near Cotonou. The village has a population of around 20-30,000, contains around 3,000 stilted buildings and is probably the largest lake village in ... via A Welsh View ... more
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Environment
Topix - Thursday, March 27, 2008
p> Benin renews moratorium on GMOs Cotonou, Benin - Benin has decided to renew for period of five years, the moratorium on the import, marketing and use of Genetically Modified Organisms and GMO by-products on its ... via Panapress ... more
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Statement by an IMF Staff Mission to Benin
Topix - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
p> An International Monetary Fund mission team, led by Mr. Mbuyamu Matungulu, visited Cotonou during March 3-17, 2008, for the 2008 Article IV consultation discussions and the fourth review of the program ... via International Monetary Fund ... more
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Coming exhibits to move beyond traditional
Topix - Sunday, March 23, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Our thinking is, people come for something they recognize and perhaps discover things they hadn't known, but they might also happen upon a show that didn't get all the headlines but nonetheless is important for the artist and our profile." Below: Detail from Untitled by Peter... more
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Tribunal Verdict - Police Deploy 3,000 Men in Benin
allAfrica.com - Thursday, March 20, 2008
S the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal gives its judgment today in the petition filed by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole challenging the election of Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, the police have deployed over 3,000 men in Benin City to maintain law and ... more
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Agriculture
Topix - Thursday, March 20, 2008
p> Nigeria has started the release food grains from its strategic food reserve for sale to the public at half the market price, to cushion the effect of rising foot cost of foodstuffs in Africa's most populous ... via Panapress ... more
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Shipper, carriers in scrape over scrap shipment
Topix - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
p> A plastic scrap shipper has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission against the Mediterranean Shipping Co. via American Shipper ... more
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Fight club: Oscar-nominee Djimon Hounsou kicks things up with martial arts flick
Topix - Sunday, March 16, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"There's a responsibility that goes along with playing this game." Coming of age movies are nothing new to Hollywood. But in "Never Back Down," a film about a rebellious teen who beefs up his bod, brain and spirit through mixed martial arts, a story emerged with... more
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Chad, Sudan presidents agree non aggression pact: Senegal minister
Topix - Friday, March 14, 2008
p> Benin President Yayi Boni , Chad's President Idriss Deby and Cuinia's Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate arrive for a family photo following following the 11th session of the Islamic Conference summit in Dakar. via TurkishPress.com ... more
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Zimbabwe: UN Must Respond to Country Crackdown
Topix - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"Of those that remain, they are 100 percent mentally resigned, although they physically remain in the classroom. That is a dangerous situation for any profession." Zimbabwe's crackdown on political dissent may need to be discussed by the United Nations Security Council, a prominent southern African human... more
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'Historic Deed' to Avert Border War
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 10, 2008
inisters from Burkina Faso and Benin say that a recent meeting called to reduce tensions in a contested region which lies on their joint border has resolved the issue for ... more
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Scientists to launch stress tolerant rice variety
Topix - Monday, March 10, 2008
p> In a bid to boost rice production in Africa and Asia, the Africa Rice Centre in Cotonou, Benin, will soon launch a "stress-tolerant" rice variety for poor farmers. via Vanguard ... more
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BENIN: More than 40,000 children trafficked each year
Topix - Saturday, March 08, 2008
p class="lede_quote">"We knew that trafficking is a reality in our country but this is the first time that a serious study has allowed us to have real answers to the questions who are these children, where do they come from and where do they go" Ruth, 13,... more
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Benin appoints new members to Constitutional Court
Topix - Thursday, March 06, 2008
p> The Government and National Assembly of Benin Monday evening appointed their representatives to the Constitutional Court, three months ahead of the completion of the tenure of the current members, an official ... via Panapress ... more
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